by Kenneth Woods | Sep 9, 2012 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews
Anne Midgette’s excellent Washington Post piece on Hans Gal and forgotten composers re-appears in this week’s Guardian Weekly in slightly condensed form. Still a great read, and it looks great in that lovely Guardian layout. It’s the September 7...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 8, 2012 | A view from the podium
I took a break from studying Mahler 3 this afternoon to watch Bernard Haitink’s Prom performance of the Strauss Alpine Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic. Putting these two titanic scores side by side made for an interesting comparison. The Alpine and the Third are...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 3, 2012 | A view from the podium
David Stabler has a great piece in this week’s Oregonian focusing on the new timpanist of the Oregon Symphony, Jonathan Greeney, who finished his tenure period with the orchestra this summer. If you’ve enjoyed the fantastic Boston Magazine piece on the...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 1, 2012 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
A new review from critic Graham Rickson this week at The Arts Desk is available here. Click here to order from MDT Click here to order from Amazon.co.uk Click here to order from Amazon.com Excerpts: “An Austrian Jew who eventually settled in Edinburgh and...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 5, 2012 | A view from the podium
I’ve never subscribed to the notion that a conductor should be embargoed from asking a timpanist to change sticks. After all, the conductor should have a concept of sound for the whole band that figures in the timpani, and if you (the conductor) are experienced enough...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 4, 2012 | A view from the podium
One thing we all learn with experience is that life goes in phases. Not too long ago, but neither too recently, I had a “sketchy timpanist nearly ruining the concert” phase with a number of different orchestras over several concerts. Some regular players...
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